February has been a challenging month in my reading life. Here’s hoping that finally finishing my latest audio read is the beginning of a return to a somewhat normal reading routine.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed is a riveting book that connects the reader to Gottlieb and two of her clients: Julie and John. Julie is facing terminal cancer and struggling with the unfairness of dying as a very young woman who has just married the love of her life. John is a writer for a hit television series who thinks everyone he encounters is an absolute idiot. Through therapy, the real source of John’s problems will be discovered — a life filled with tragedy and unimaginable loss. While counseling her clients, Lori is facing her own struggles as she comes to terms with a relationship that has gone south and her fear that she will never find love. The memoir takes the reader on a roller coaster ride from the outlandishly funny to tearfulness and absolute sorrow.
Personally, this was not a good selection for me to read as an audiobook. The irregularity of my listening habits made it challenging to connect with the characters and follow the discoveries made in therapy. Additionally, since I have been dealing with personal emotional stresses while reading Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, I found it challenging to listen to the personal stories the book contained. If I had read this book at a different time in my own life, I think I would have had a very different response. For right now, though, it was just a little too much for me to handle. So I’m going to take a respite from audiobooks for a few weeks. I’m not spending enough time alone in the car at the moment (which is where I typically read these books) and I need to refresh my palate for a little while. Maybe You Should Talk hit a little too close to home for me this time around.
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